earl for over a week. when earl passed through the virgin islands, steve was there. past virginia beach last night, steve was=h there. steve is there. steve, how are the conditions right now? >> reporter: we areóyv' holdingp fine starting to feel those first outer bands. the eye is expected to hit well offshore. we are getting sideways rain and bigger waves. all day it has been a debate in cape cod and nantucket, how hard the storm was going to hit? how much preparation people should take? throughout the day we've seen people on the fence. some deciding to pull their boats out of the harbor others deciding to leave them in. houses and stores boarded. one of the big concerns is trees going down, which could knock electricity out. so far we've seen a number of measure taken, including moving 50 emergency electricity vehicles to this island to make sure they have emergency power should the lies go out here something that has happened in storms passed. james jay a lot of people are there for the -- >> jamie: a lot of people are there for the holiday how has the storm change from the first
